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2. The method of claim 1 further comprising defining at least one tunnel endpoint on each of the first plurality of host computers, each tunnel endpoint to connect its host computer to another host computer in the first plurality of host computers through a tunnel.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the tunnels between the host computers in the first plurality of host computers define the logical network as an overlay logical network.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the overlay logical network is VXLAN (Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network).
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the first and second pluralities of machines are virtual machines.
9. The method of claim 8 further comprising mapping a virtual local area network (VLAN) used by one or more host computers in the second plurality of host computers to the logical network.
12. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11, the program further comprising a set of instructions for defining at least one tunnel endpoint on each of the first plurality of host computers, each tunnel endpoint to connect its host computer to another host computer in the first plurality of host computers through a tunnel.
13. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the tunnels between the host computers in the first plurality of host computers define the logical network as an overlay logical network.
14. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the overlay logical network is VXLAN (Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network).
16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the first and second pluralities of machines are virtual machines.
19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 18, the program further comprising a set of instructions for mapping a virtual local area network (VLAN) used by one or more host computers in the second plurality of host computers to the logical network.
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March 5, 2024
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